which nba player scored 50+ pts in a playoff game before 2003

Allen Iverson had 52 points in Game 5 of the 2001 Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Raptors on May 16, 2001.

	NAME	DATE	PTS	TM		OPP	MIN	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FGM	FGA	FG%	3PM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%	TS%	OREB	DREB	TOV	PF	+/-
1	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	5/16/2001	52	PHI	vs	TOR	43	2	7	4	0	21	32	65.6	8	14	57.1	2	2	100.0	79.1	0	2	1	3	+30
2	Vince Carter V. Carter	5/11/2001	50	TOR	vs	PHI	45	6	7	1	4	19	29	65.5	9	13	69.2	3	3	100.0	82.5	3	3	1	3	+24
3	Allen Iverson A. Iverson	5/9/2001	54	PHI	vs	TOR	47	5	4	1	0	21	39	53.8	3	5	60.0	9	9	100.0	62.8	1	4	4	3	+8
4	Karl Malone K. Malone	4/22/2000	50	UTA	vs	SEA	43	12	0	3	1	18	32	56.3	1	1	100.0	13	14	92.9	65.5	3	9	1	2	+12
5	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/27/1997	55	CHI	vs	WAS	44	7	2	2	0	22	35	62.9	1	2	50.0	10	10	100.0	69.8	3	4	2	3	+10
6	Charles Barkley C. Barkley	5/4/1994	56	PHX	@	GSW	41	14	4	3	1	23	31	74.2	3	4	75.0	7	9	77.8	80.1	5	9	2	2
7	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	6/16/1993	55	CHI	vs	PHX	46	8	4	0	0	21	37	56.8	0	1	0.0	13	18	72.2	61.2	1	7	1	3
8	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/31/1993	54	CHI	vs	NYK	39	6	2	2	1	18	30	60.0	6	9	66.7	12	14	85.7	74.7	0	6	2	5
9	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/29/1992	56	CHI	@	MIA	43	5	5	4	2	20	30	66.7	0	0		16	18	88.9	73.8	1	4	2	3
10	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/5/1989	50	CHI	vs	CLE	43	3	4	3	0	14	28	50.0	0	1	0.0	22	27	81.5	62.7	0	3	1	6
11	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	5/1/1988	55	CHI	vs	CLE	44	6	3	4	1	24	45	53.3	0	0		7	7	100.0	57.2	3	3	1	4
12	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/28/1988	50	CHI	vs	CLE	44	7	2	2	2	19	35	54.3	0	0		12	12	100.0	62.1	1	6	5	3
13	Sleepy Floyd S. Floyd	5/10/1987	51	GSW	vs	LAL	44	3	10	4	0	18	26	69.2	2	3	66.7	13	14	92.9	79.3	1	2	2	2
14	Michael Jordan M. Jordan	4/20/1986	63	CHI	@	BOS	53	5	6	3	2	22	41	53.7	0	0		19	21	90.5	62.7	1	4	4	4
15	Dominique Wilkins D. Wilkins	4/19/1986	50	ATL	vs	DET	43	5	3	1	0	19	28	67.9	0	0		12	15	80.0	72.3	0	5	6	2
16	Bob McAdoo B. McAdoo	4/18/1975	50	BUF	vs	WAS	45	21	1			20	32	62.5				10	14	71.4	65.5				4
17	John Havlicek J. Havlicek	4/1/1973	54	BOS	vs	ATL	48	9	6			24	36	66.7				6	6	100.0	69.9				2
18	Billy Cunningham B. Cunningham	4/1/1970	50	PHI	vs	MIL	48	10	2			22	39	56.4				6	8	75.0	58.8				5
19	Jerry West J. West	4/23/1969	53	LAL	vs	BOS	46	3	10			21	41	51.2				11	13	84.6	56.7				3
20	Rick Barry R. Barry	4/18/1967	55	SFW	vs	PHI	46	12	5			22	48	45.8				11	19	57.9	48.8				4
21	Sam Jones S. Jones	3/28/1967	51	BOS	@	NYK	43	4	1			19	30	63.3				13	17	76.5	68.0				3
22	Jerry West J. West	4/5/1965	52	LAL	vs	BAL		5	9			16	38	42.1				20	21	95.2	55.0				4
23	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	4/10/1964	50	SFW	vs	STL	45	15	6			22	32	68.8				6	10	60.0	68.7				1
24	Elgin Baylor E. Baylor	4/14/1962	61	LAL	@	BOS	48	22	1			22	46	47.8				17	19	89.5	56.1				3
25	Wilt Chamberlain W. Chamberlain	3/22/1962	56	PHI	vs	SYR	48	35	1			22	48	45.8				12	22	54.5	48.5				2

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